Today, the U.S. Department of State and its partners announced the results of the Democracy Video Challenge, a worldwide online competition that engages people around the world in a global dialogue on democracy.
The six winners were selected by online public voting.
The challenge asked video makers to complete the phrase
“Democracy is…” through three-minute
videos posted on the competition’s YouTube
site. More than 900 people from 95 countries answered
the challenge. With over 900,000 global viewers, the online
public picked the winning videos by voting for six
of 18
finalists identified by an independent jury that was
co-chaired by Hernando de Soto (president of the Institute
for Liberty and Democracy) and Michael Apted (president
of the Directors Guild of America).
From animated shorts to mini-documentaries, the winning
videos captured the meaning of democracy in today’s world
by incorporating thought-provoking creativity with thoughtful
dialogue. The winners, hailing from various walks of life
and different political regimes, are:
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